HANDMADE IN MICHIGAN · SMALL BATCHES · EVERY INGREDIENT ON THE LABEL
Nothing artificial. Everything intentional.
Made in one Michigan kitchen, in small numbered batches, from ingredients we can name in one breath. Read any label we print and you will understand every line on it. Nothing fake. Ever.
- No added water
- No fragrance oils
- Skincare ships to all fifty states
Where we ship
Ships to all fifty states: TaloVera Skin Cream, TaloVera Lip Balm, Gilded Parrot Beard Oil, Gilded Parrot Beard Balm. Hard Red Wheat Flour, White Wheat Flour, Pure Vanilla Extract and Fresh Wheat Germ are made under Michigan cottage food law and stay in Michigan. EmberLeaf Oregano Infused Olive Oil stays in Michigan too, for now.
The Four Waters™ Atlas
Four places, one shop
Flour, skin cream, beard oil and a bottle of oregano oil do not belong in one shop. They belong in one kitchen. Every one of them started the same way: we read a label, did not like what we found, and made our own.
The Mill
Certified organic wheat berries, milled whole on a stone mill, with the germ left in. Michigan only.
Fresh Milled Flour · Fresh Wheat Germ
TaloVera™
Tallow and aloe, no added water, for skin that ordinary lotion disappears on. Ships anywhere in the US.
TaloVera™ Skin Cream · TaloVera™ Lip Balm
The Barbershop
Gilded Parrot beard oil and balm. Plant oils, cedar and pine, nothing from a fragrance catalog. Ships anywhere in the US.
Gilded Parrot™ Beard Oil · Gilded Parrot™ Beard Balm
The Pantry
The two that take months. Vanilla with the beans left in, oregano steeped in olive oil. Michigan only.
EmberLeaf™ Oregano Infused Olive Oil · Pure Vanilla Extract
Everything we make
Nine labels, nine recipes, one kitchen. We drew every label ourselves and we can explain every line on every one of them. Pick one and it takes you to what is in the bottle, the bag or the tin.
From the maker
What we are against
Water sold as lotion. Flour with the living part taken out and a vitamin list sprayed back in. "Natural flavors." Fragrance that smells like a mall. Ingredient lists written to be skipped. Ten thousand of anything.
So we make small batches in our own kitchen, we number every one, and we put every ingredient on the label in words you already know. If we cannot make something right at this size, we do not sell it. That is the whole business plan.
Where to start
Anywhere in the US: start with the TaloVera Skin Cream. It is the one we would put in your hand first, and the reason most people come back. If there is a beard in the house, the Gilded Parrot Beard Oil.
In Michigan: the Hard Red Wheat Flour is where we began, and the Pure Vanilla Extract is the one people buy twice.
In their words
Gilded Parrot beard balm, and when I first received it, it was dented. I reached out to Four Waters™ customer service email. They were fast and apologetic and sent me out another tin that I received free of charge in less than a week. I've been ordering the beard oil for some time now. I've tried a number of other oils and nothing compares to their Beard Oil. The smell is woodsy and amazing and I always get comments.
This TaloVera skin cream is the truth!! I apply it daily after my shower and it lasts ALL DAY. Thanks Four Waters <3
I bought the Gilded Parrot beard bundle for my husband and he's smitten. Says it smells great and keeps his beard soft all day long. Great local product that should be sold in stores nationally.